 - 1. What is the name of the Brainstorm album released in 2025?
A) Vēl viena klusā daba
B) Pagalmi
C) Pūķa Lietošanas Instrukcija
D) Gads bez kalendāra
- 2. Who was the bassist for Brainstorm from 1989 until his death in 2004?
A) Renārs Kaupers
B) Gundars Mauševics
C) Jānis Jubalts
D) Māris Mihelsons
- 3. Which instrument does Māris Mihelsons play in the band?
A) Drums and percussion
B) Keyboard and accordion
C) Bass guitar
D) Trumpet
- 4. In which city did Brainstorm perform at the Sziget festival?
A) Budapest
B) Kyiv
C) Moscow
D) Pärnu
- 5. Which international album did the band release in 2000?
A) Online
B) Among the Suns
C) Lonesome Moon
D) Four Shores
- 6. What is the English name of the 2018 Latvian album 'Par to zēnu, kas sit skārda bungas'?
A) Wonderful Day
B) About the Boy Who Plays the Tin Drum
C) Another Still Life
D) Years and Seconds
- 7. In which country did the band perform at the Rock For People festival?
A) Spain
B) Estonia
C) Hungary
D) Czech Republic
- 8. Which single reached number 1 in Poland in 2001?
A) My Star
B) Weekends Are Not My Happy Days
C) Vyhodnye
D) Maybe
- 9. In what year did Renārs Kaupers start his involvement with the band?
A) 1994
B) 1989
C) 2000
D) 1993
- 10. Which festival did the band perform at in Los Angeles?
A) Atlas Weekend
B) Nashestvie
C) Culture Collide Festival
D) Glastonbury
- 11. Which album was released in Russian in 2009?
A) Wonderful Day
B) Шаг
C) Чайки На Крышах
D) Год без календаря
- 12. What is the highest chart position 'My Star' reached in Belgium?
A) 8
B) 13
C) 42
D) 22
- 13. What is the primary instrument of Kaspars Roga?
A) Guitar
B) Bass guitar
C) Keyboard
D) Drums
- 14. Where is the Nashestvie festival held?
A) Chelyabinsk, Russia
B) Pärnu, Estonia
C) Moscow, Russia
D) Tver Oblast, Russia
- 15. Which Latvian album was released in 2023?
A) Vēl viena klusā daba
B) Gads bez kalendāra
C) Pūķa Lietošanas Instrukcija
D) Pagalmi
- 16. In what year did Brainstorm become the first band from the Baltic region to perform at the Glastonbury Festival?
A) 2013
B) 2015
C) 2016
D) 2014
- 17. Who produced Brainstorm's 2015 album?
A) Zelta Mikrofons
B) Hansa Studio
C) Alex Silva
D) Nashe Radio
- 18. In which city did Alex Silva work on Brainstorm's new compositions?
A) Berlin
B) Liepāja
C) Riga
D) Moscow
- 19. What was the name of the first single released on 10 February 2015?
A) Ziemu apēst
B) 7 Steps of Fresh Air
C) Little Raindrops
D) Epoha
- 20. Which festival did Brainstorm draw condemnation for headlining in 2015?
A) VK Fest
B) Bosco Fresh Fest
C) Nashestvie
D) A-Fest
- 21. What award did the song 'Ziemu apēst' receive at the 'Muzikālā Banka' ceremony in 2016?
A) Leaders of the Chart
B) Best sound engineer
C) Most valuable song of 2015
D) Alfa song of the year
- 22. How many shows did Brainstorm play in the United Kingdom during their 2016 spring tour?
A) 2
B) 7
C) 5
D) 1
- 23. For which song did Brainstorm receive an award from 'Nashe Radio' in 2016?
A) 7 soļi svaiga gaisa
B) Little Raindrops
C) Ziemu apēst
D) Epoha
- 24. What is the English version of the song 'Ziemu apēst' called?
A) Little Raindrops
B) Between shores
C) 7 Steps of Fresh Air
D) Epoha
- 25. How many total 'Golden Microphone' awards had the band received by 2016?
A) 5
B) 31
C) 7
D) 28
- 26. Where was the 20 August 2016 concert held?
A) Hansa Studio, Berlin
B) Riga
C) Stadium Daugava, Liepāja
D) Moscow
- 27. Approximately how many people attended the Liepāja concert in 2016?
A) More than 28 000
B) Exactly 10 000
C) Less than 5 000
D) Almost 50 000
- 28. What award did the documentary 'Brainstorm: Between shores' win at the 'Lielais Kristaps' ceremony?
A) Best cinematography
B) Best sound engineer
C) Best documentary
D) Best song
- 29. How many categories was Brainstorm nominated for at the 2012 Annual Latvian Music Recording Awards?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five
- 30. How many awards did Brainstorm win at the 2012 Annual Latvian Music Recording Awards?
A) One
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
- 31. In which city was the album Another Still Life recorded?
A) Hudson
B) Oxford
C) London
D) Riga
- 32. Where is Hudson, the town where Another Still Life was recorded, located?
A) Oxfordshire
B) Russia
C) New York’s Hudson Valley
D) Latvia
- 33. Where did the mixing for the album Another Still Life take place?
A) Hudson, New York
B) Moscow, Russia
C) Riga, Latvia
D) Oxford, England
- 34. The mixing studio for Another Still Life was located beneath the office of which band?
A) Radiohead
B) The Beatles
C) Coldplay
D) Brainstorm
- 35. What is the source of the lyrics for the title track of Another Still Life?
A) Band members' childhood diaries
B) Traditional Latvian folk poems
C) Rearranged painting titles
D) Original prose written in Hudson
- 36. What was the total audience size for Brainstorm's Latvian tour following the album release?
A) 89,500
B) 100,000
C) 2,000,000
D) 50,000
- 37. How many concerts were held during the Latvian tour in 2012?
A) Four
B) Ten
C) Seven
D) Twelve
- 38. In which country did Brainstorm perform at the Sziget festival?
A) Latvia
B) Hungary
C) Singapore
D) Czech Republic
- 39. Which festival did Brainstorm perform at in Singapore?
A) Rock for People
B) Culture Collide
C) The Great Escape
D) Music Matters
- 40. Which festival did Brainstorm perform at in Spain?
A) Red Rocks
B) Live Sessions Day
C) Krilya
D) Watergate
- 41. What is the population of Latvia mentioned as a comparison to the tour attendance?
A) Five million
B) Two million
C) 89,500
D) One million
- 42. In which year was the album Online released?
A) 2003
B) 2001
C) 2005
D) 2006
- 43. Where was the music video for the track "Maybe" shot?
A) Finland
B) Latvia
C) Germany
D) Prague
- 44. Where was the video for the single "Waterfall" shot?
A) Russia
B) Finland
C) Denmark
D) Prague
- 45. The track "Spogulīt, spogulīt" contains lines from a fairytale by which authors?
A) Alex Silva
B) Hans Christian Andersen
C) Brothers Grimm
D) The band members
- 46. In what year was the album A Day Before Tomorrow released?
A) 2004
B) 2005
C) 2001
D) 2003
- 47. Who produced the majority of the album A Day Before Tomorrow?
A) The Rolling Stones
B) Steve Lyon
C) Ingars Viļums
D) Alex Silva
- 48. Which band did Brainstorm support in Prague in 2003?
A) MTV Europe
B) Beirut
C) The Rolling Stones
D) Bi-2
- 49. What gift did Brainstorm present to Mick Jagger for his birthday?
A) A saxophone
B) A guitar
C) A portrait
D) An album
- 50. What was the nickname of the bassist Gundars Mauševics?
A) Prague
B) Mumiņš
C) Tims
D) Bi-2
- 51. With which Belarusian band did Brainstorm record "Skol'zkie Ulitsy"?
A) Bi-2
B) The Rolling Stones
C) Beirut
D) MTV
- 52. In which year did Brainstorm release the album Četri krasti?
A) 2006
B) 2004
C) 2005
D) 2003
- 53. Who participated in the recording of Četri krasti as a fifth member?
A) Gundars Mauševics
B) Steve Lyon
C) Alex Silva
D) Ingars Viļums
- 54. Which band is Brainstorm compared to that contributes to their UK popularity?
A) The Rolling Stones
B) Bi-2
C) Beirut
D) The Brothers Grimm
- 55. What is the international name of the Latvian band Prāta Vētra?
A) Jelgava Boys
B) Brainstorm
C) Thunderstorm
D) Windstorm
- 56. Where was the band Brainstorm formed?
A) Jelgava
B) Riga
C) Berlin
D) Stockholm
- 57. Which band influenced Brainstorm in their early years?
A) Queen
B) Depeche Mode
C) Metallica
D) The Beatles
- 58. What was the name of Brainstorm's first single released in 1992?
A) Ziema
B) Jo tu nāc
C) My Star
D) Lidmašīnas
- 59. What was the title of Brainstorm's first album?
A) Vairāk nekā skaļi
B) Among the Suns
C) Veronika
D) Starp divām saulēm
- 60. Which song was the main single from the album Vairāk nekā skaļi?
A) Dārznieks
B) Ziema
C) Lec
D) Apelsīns
- 61. What was the name of the maxi-single released in 1994?
A) Try
B) Lidmašīnas
C) Vietu nav
D) My Star
- 62. Which song became the song of the year on Radio Super FM in 1995?
A) Ziema
B) Tavas mājas manā azotē
C) Lidmašīnas
D) My Star
- 63. Which album was released after the band returned to mainstream music?
A) Veronika
B) Starp divām saulēm
C) Viss ir tieši tā kā tu vēlies
D) Vairāk nekā skaļi
- 64. How many weeks did 'Tavas mājas manā azotē' top the Latvian Airplay charts in 1996?
A) 3 weeks
B) 12 weeks
C) 5 weeks
D) 9 weeks
- 65. Which record company did Brainstorm sign with in 1997?
A) Sony Music
B) Universal Music
C) EMI
D) Microphone Records
- 66. What status did the 1997 album 'Viss ir tieši tā kā tu vēlies' attain?
A) Diamond
B) Platinum
C) Gold
D) Silver
- 67. Who produced Brainstorm's first international single, 'Under my wing'?
A) Renārs Kaupers
B) Volker Hinkel
C) Māris Mihelsons
D) Kaspars Roga
- 68. In which country was the band awarded the Grand Prix prize at a music festival?
A) Sweden
B) Latvia
C) United Kingdom
D) Germany
- 69. What place did Brainstorm achieve in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000?
A) Third
B) First
C) Second
D) Fourth
- 70. What was the name of the song performed by Brainstorm at the 2000 Eurovision?
A) Lec
B) Under my wing
C) Try
D) My Star
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